GRE Word List
PANACEA
a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all
The meaning of the word panacea is a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| gloat | to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| uproarious | marked by uproar |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |
| dapper | neat and trim in appearance |
| providence | divine guidance or care |